Kit Harrington auditioned for a number of other roles in Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones
12/07/2017

Kit Harrington's performance as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones has become iconic, but he almost played a different character, according to Jimmy Fallon.

The American TV host played a video of the 30-year-old Englishman trying out for other notable roles in the fantasy show and insisted it was serious.

"[Jon Snow] wasn't the only part Kit was in the running for," said Fallon, introducing the video.

"He actually auditioned for a couple of other characters on the show, which now that we know him as Jon Snow is hard to imagine. The producers of Game of Thrones - Dan Weiss and David Benioff - gave us his audition tape... the exclusive, never-before-seen Kit Harrington screen tests."